Serge Rachmaninoff FoundationRachmaninoff Estate into developing a more diffuse presence of Serge Rachmaninoff’s works worldwide: as a result, underperformed works have been successfully

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Guarding the Rachmaninoff flame

The Serge Rachmaninoff Foundationunder Alexander Rachmaninoff

Serge Rachmaninoff in his studio at Senar (1938)

“But the important word there is "always,"

for to judge by present evidence,

Rachmaninoff is here to stay.”

JAMES R. OESTREICHThe New York Times – 2 September 2001

Serge and Alexander Rachmaninoff (1935)

IN MEMORIAM ALEXANDER RACHMANINOFF(8th March 1933 - 1st November 2012)

Alexander Rachmaninoff, the composer’s grandson, was laid to rest atthe Cimetière de Trivaux in Paris at noon on Thursday 8th Novem-ber 2012 after a Russian Orthodox funeral ceremony in the ParoisseOrthodoxe de Saint-Jean-le-Théologien. His death at the age of only 79had occurred exactly a week earlier and it had come as a profoundshock to those of us who had known him well. His athletic prowesswas a thing of legend; his energy capacity seemed limitless. He was askilled mountaineer, every year notching up yet another conquest ofa precipitous rock-face that left the more risk-averse among us open-mouthed in admiration. Such terrifying exploits would have taxed aman half Alexander’s age, but for him they were second nature.

Alexander was the son of Tatyana, Rachmaninoff’s younger daughterwho had married Boris Conus in May 1932. He was therefore bornwith the surname Conus, but he changed it officially in the early1990s, joking to me once that it was far easier to get a restauranttable as a Rachmaninoff than as a Conus. But there were more seriousreasons for adopting his grandfather’s surname, not least because itidentified him more strongly as a direct heir and gave him more im-mediately recognisable credentials as the figurehead of his cherishedproject and brainchild, the Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation.

The Foundation’s aim is to encourage performances of Rachmani-noff ’s music and to broaden its appreciation internationally. In cer-tain countries, such as Great Britain and the United States, theprogramming of Rachmaninoff’s works has long been healthy, par-ticularly after the boost that came with the centenary year of 1973and the performances and literature about him that ensued. Else-where, however, it has perhaps been less easy to establish Rachma-ninoff as a central figure of the repertoire or to persuade orchestras

and solo artists to explore areas other than the familiar concertosand the Second Symphony. But through a series of festivals in variouscultural centres the Foundation has found new, enthusiastic ears fora wide spectrum of Rachmaninoff’s output. In addition, a special re-lationship with the Chandos record label has generated discs of allthree symphonies as well as the operas Aleko, Francesca da Riminiand The Miserly Knight. With Alexander’s cooperation, the original(1926) version of the Fourth Piano Concerto was resurrected by ateam of scholars, and is now a valuable addition to the catalogue ofRachmaninoff’s works published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Alexander was a man of drive and passion. As guardian of the Rach-maninoff maninoff flame, he could be hyper-protective if he sensed athreat to his grandfather’s reputation. But anybody who had the plea-sure of staying with him at Villa Senar, or who encountered him inhis later years of contentment with his wife Natalya, will also havewitnessed the amusing, relaxed Alexander, the Alexander who enjo-yed laughter and who maintained to the last an intense pride in hisancestry. It is therefore fitting that he should have been buried nextto his beloved mother, Tatyana.

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by courtesy of ZAUBERSEE –RUSSIAN MUSIC LUCERNE & Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

Serge Rachmaninoff driving his boat (1938)

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Alexander Rachmaninoff at Senar (1985)

THE SERGE RACHMANINOFF FOUNDATIONA brief History

The Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation was established in 2000 by thecomposer’s grandson, Alexander Rachmaninoff at ‘Villa Senar’, thecomposer’s house on the shores of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. From1993 Alexander Rachmaninoff was already actively promoting themusic of his grandfather through the “Friends of Serge Rachmani-noff” association. The Foundation’s primary aim has been from thevery beginning to foster an appreciation of the music of Serge Ra-chmaninoff and to bring the whole of his oeuvre, including many lit-tle known works, to public attention. International festivals and galaconcerts, research and documentary projects were supported withthe aim of promoting a new interest in the life and work of the com-poser. The Foundation has also supported intensively the youngergeneration of musicians: Denis Matsuev from 2004, Sean Botkin from2009, Dmitry Mayboroda from 2010, Daniil Kharitonov from 2012.Under Alexander Rachmaninoff ’s leadership the Foundation regu-larly promoted events in cooperation with the world’s major festi-vals, halls, pianists, conductors and orchestras in Europe and in theUnited States. Over the past 13 years Alexander Rachmaninoff inve-sted a considerable amount of the wealth deriving from the SergeRachmaninoff Estate into developing a more diffuse presence ofSerge Rachmaninoff’s works worldwide: as a result, underperformedworks have been successfully promoted before international au-diences including the Symphony nr. 1 op. 13, the Spring Cantata, thePiano Concerto No. 4 as well as the Piano Sonata nr. 1 op. 28, themusic for two pianos and the Trio Elégiaque op. 9.

Alexander Rachmaninoff died of a stroke on November 1, 2012 justhaving completed the programming of the Jubilee Year 2013, whichcelebrates the 70th anniversary of Serge Rachmaninoff’s death andthe 140th anniversary of his birth. The Foundation has promoted all-

Rachmaninoff concerts with leading music institutions such as theLondon Philharmonic Orchestra in UK, the Orchestre de Paris inFrance, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Santa Cecilia Orchestra,Rome in Italy, the Moscow Philharmonic Society in Russia, the Lu-cerne Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romandein Switzerland, the Ravinia Festival in the US, the National SymphonyOrchestra of Ukraine in Kiev (Ukraine), the Orchestre National deBelgique in Brussels (Belgium), and the Wiener Konzerthaus in Au-stria. In 2013 alone, the amount of the pledges granted to the above-mentioned institutions totals over US$. 500.000. It was Alexander’sstrong belief that Serge Rachmaninoff’s music is here to stay and therecent incredible increase in the number of the performances of hisworks worldwide is proving he was right.

Since 2007, the pianist Denis Matsuev has been Ambassador and Ar-tistic advisor of the Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation and has greatlycontributed to the success of the promotion of the composer’s musi-cal message to audiences of the 21st century.

Pianist and Board Member Denis Matsuev

As from May 25, 2013 a new Board of the Serge Rachmaninoff Foun-dation has been effectively in charge of the future development of theactivities of the foundation and includes Nataliia Rachmaninoff –wife of the late Alexander Rachmaninoff – as President, Welz Kauff-man – CEO of the Ravinia Festival – as Vice President and four moremembers, who are among the most respected figures on the inter-national music scene, such as Numa Bischof Ullmann (Intendant ofthe Lucerne Symphony Orchestra as well as Founder & Artistic Di-rector of Zaubersee – Russian Music Lucerne), Bruno Hamard (Ge-neral Manager of the Orchestre de Paris), Denis Matsuev(distinguished pianist and artistic director of several festivals in Rus-sia and abroad), Timothy Walker (General Manager of the LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra). Ettore F. Volontieri, who has been in themusic business for 25 years and for the last seven was Alexander’sright-hand man, has been appointed as General Manager. GeoffreyNorris, from the early 1970s a passionate Rachmaninoff scholar, isthe Head of the Scientific Committee. Markus Kaufmann, distingui-shed lawyer and former President of the Lawyers Association of Lu-cerne, is the Foundation’s legal advisor.

THE MISSION

Since Alexander Rachmaninoff ’s death, the Serge RachmaninoffFoundation has a new fundamental goal, the transformation ofSENAR into a place dedicated to the perennial memory of Serge Ra-chmaninoff. In addition, the Foundation will continue actively to pur-sue its founder’s vision. We shall therefore resume our mission toreveal Rachmaninoff’s genius as follows:

1. promoting the work of Sergei Rachmaninoff by all possible means, encouraging and supporting performances locally and internationally for a better understanding of SergeRachmaninoff’s music throughout the world and to ensure that it reaches the widest possible audience;

2. encouraging and supporting with special scholarships the research into Rachmaninoff's life and music specifically through the Rachmaninoff’s archives at the GlinkaMuseum, Moscow and at the Library of Congress,Washington;

3. supporting and developing a new Serge RachmaninoffInternational Piano Competition in collaboration with the Moscow Conservatory of Music and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra;

4. establishing educational projects involving young people to encourage their interest in Serge Rachmaninoff, his music and his legacy;

5. developing the relationship with the local community in the Canton of Lucerne, in collaboration with the Lucerne University of Music and the School of Music in Weggis,supporting the musical and cultural life of the area;

6. endorsing the continuation and the knowledge of theRussian Piano School – in which Sergei Rachmaninoff was musically educated – in collaboration with theConservatories of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev andsupporting the young generation of pianists, particularly through the cooperation with the Foundation “New Names”of Moscow;

7. preserving the heritage of Senar and its collections for fu-ture generations, making of Senar an international cultu-ral centre;

8. fostering the Critical Edition of the Complete Works bySerge Rachmaninoff by Russian Music Publishing inassociation with Barenreiter.

Villa Senar

Serge Rachmaninoff and his family at Senar (1934)

SENAR

Built in Hertenstein, on the shores of Lake Lucerne, during the years1931-33 by the famous Swiss architects Alfred Möri and Karl F. Krebs,Senar (an acronym from SErge and NAtalia Rachmaninoff) is one ofthe very rare examples of pure Bauhaus style still perfectly preserved.Its park, which consists of about 20 hectares of perfectly maintainedgrass and beautiful trees and plants, has direct access to the lake, in-cluding a rare “boat house”, which will easily become an ideal en-trance for visitors. Senar faces the Pilatus Mountain and inspiredSerge Rachmaninoff for two of his late masterworks, the Rhapsody ona Theme of Paganini op. 43 and the Symphony nr. 3 op. 44. The com-poser, with his family and friends, spent at Senar all his summersfrom 1932 to 1939, when he left Switzerland for the last time to re-turn to the US, just before the start of the WWII.

The historical archives of Senar contain more than 500 pictures ofSerge Rachmaninoff, his family members and his friends; 250 booksof Rachmaninoff’s private library, many of them dedicated by the au-thors to the composer; more than 300 original letters from Serge Ra-chmaninoff himself (more than 80), his wife Natalia (more than 120),his daughter Tatiana and a number of important friends, all of themunknown until now.

Senar has preserved its original interior design, with many pieces ofperiod furniture and other items associated with the day-to-day lifeof Serge Rachmaninoff and his family. Many of these pieces are rareexamples of 1930s interior design, such as, for example, the originalbathrooms.

The Studio where Serge Rachmaninoff composed will be restored andopen to visitors for the first time. Among other things, it houses hisoriginal Steinway grand piano. Given to Rachmaninoff by the owner

of the company, it arrived at Senar in April 1934 when the familymoved in. Senar will also host a CD collection of more than 2000 recordings,mainly comprising Russian music of the 19th and 20th centuries: aspecial room will be dedicated to the possibility of listening to musicunder ideal conditions.

Operating according to the model of The Red House, once residenceof Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears and today home of the Britten-Pears Foundation, Senar will be established as the International Cen-tre for Serge Rachmaninoff’s legacy, with the following programmeto the fore:

- developing and promoting a better knowledge of Russian culture, particularly through the organization of lectures, exhibitions and concerts to be held at Senar in collabora-tion with the most important Russian musical institu-tions and museums;

- making a large part of Senar accessible to the public (du-ring the tourist season, between April and September);

- opening its doors to piano students, composers and musi-cologists to spend a substantial amount of time at Senar (out of the tourist season, between October and March) in collaboration with other music foundations in Switzerland and in the world and with the Lucerne University of Music;

- hosting all kinds of musical events, including master clas-ses and concerts in connection with the Zaubersee Festival and with other activities of the Lucerne Symphony Orche-stra;

- hosting other special public events related to various aspects of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s life, including his love for flowers, cars and boats;

- hosting private events dedicated to a select audience of Pa-trons of the Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

THE BOARD

URS ZISWILER, Switzerland President

(Former Swiss Ambassador to the US, Spain and Canada)

WELZ KAUFFMAN, United States of America Vice-President

(Ceo of the Ravinia Festival)

BRUNO HAMARD, France Member

(Former Ceo of Orchestre de Paris)

CHRISTINE RHOMBERG, Austria Member(General Manager of the Hilti Foundation)

TIMOTHY WALKER, United Kingdom Member

(Ceo London Philharmonic Orchestra)

THE ADVISORY COMMITEE

DENIS L. MATSUEV, Russia Member(Pianist and Artistic Director of the Crescendo Festival, Russia)

GEOFFREY NORRIS, United Kingdom Member(Journalist, Musicologist and Rachmaninoff Scholar)

HEINZ HORAT, Switzerland Member(Former Director of the Lucerne Historical Museum)

ENGEL NIELS - The Rachmaninoff Network, The Netherlands Member(Musician, Journalist and Writer)

THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE

ETTORE F. VOLONTIERI General Manager

MARKUS KAUFMANN Legal Advisor

MARIO OBRIST, UNEXA Accountant

BALMER-ETIENNE, Luzern Audit Company

As of January 2019

Serge Rachmaninoff in his studio at Senar (1938)

I. The Friends of the Music ofSerge Rachmaninoff

Gala Concerts & Festivals

(1991 - 1999)

Serge Rachmaninoff (1895-97)

Zurich, Tonhalle (Great Hall)

Saturday, August 17, 1991

GALA RACHMANINOFF

CANCER CHARITY BENEFIT CONCERT

Symphony nr. 3 in D minor, op. 30

I n t e r m i s s i o n

Pianoconcerto nr. 3 in D minor, op. 30

Philharmonic Enescu Bucarest

Horia Andrescou, conductor

Nelson Goerner

piano

New York, Carnegie Hall

Monday, October 18, 1993

A SERGE RACHMANINOFF GALA TRIBUTE

IN RECOGNITION

OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH

The Isle of the Dead, op. 29

Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, op. 43


The Miserly Knight, op. 24

New Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra

Vladimir Ponkin, conductor

Anton Mordasov, piano

Alexandre Bashkin

Abdul Mukmanov

Vladimir Koudriachev

Evgheny Polikanin

vocalists

London, Ontario (Canada)

21-24 October 1993

1993 INTERNATIONAL RACHMANINOFF

FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM

Programmes include:

Piano Trio in G minor & Elegiac Trio

in D minor

6 Choruses for Women’s Voices, op. 15

Valse for piano, six hands

Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, op. 31

featuring Yuri Mazurkevich

Jane Hayes

Alvin Reimer

Duo Kinton – Anagnoson

Frederick Moyer

Howard Shelley

Peter Smith

John Paul Bracey

Maria Popescu

Ronald Turini

London, Southbank Centre

Royal Festival Hall

May 6 to 23, 1999

“Hidden Perspectives”

REDISCOVERING THE MUSIC

OF RACHMANINOFF

featuringThe Philharmonia Orchestra

Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

St. Petersburg Chamber Choir

Nikolay Kornev, conductor

and

Dmitri Alexeev, Nikolai Demidenko

Evgheny Kissin,

Nikolai Lugansky, Mikhail Pletnev,

Arcadi Volodos

pianists

Geoffrey Norris & Alexander Bazikov

music critics

Tony Palmer, film director

Serge Rachmaninoff at his piano (Senar, 1936)

II. The Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation

Gala Concerts & Festivals

(2000 - 2012)

Serge Rachmaninoff ‘s hands

New York, Carnegie Hall

Season 2001 / 2002

FOCUS ON: RACHMANINOFF

featuringKirov Orchestra

Valery Gergiev, conductor

St. Petersburg Philharmonic

Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

and

Garrick Ohlsson

Martha Argerich

Nelson Freire

piano

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

baritone

New York, Lincoln Center

Avery Fisher Hall

January 6 to 18, 2002

« RACHMANINOFF REVISITED »

An international retrospective in two parts:

I. The great piano concerti

(including the American premiere

of the original version of the 4th Concerto)

II. Films, workshops and

a musicological symposium

featuringThe Philharmonia Orchestra


St. Petersburg Chamber Chorus

Nikolay Kornev, conductor

and

Garrick Ohlsson

Alexander Ghindin

Stephen Hough

piano

Marina Shaguch

Ilya Levinsky

Sergei Koptchak

vocalists

Zurich, Tonhalle

(Great Hall)

Saturday, March 29, 2003

SERGE RACHMANINOFF

FOUNDATION GALA CONCERT



Symphony nr. 2 in E minor, op. 27

European Youth Community Orchestra


Mikhail Pletnev, piano

Berlin, Philharmonie

Wednesday, May 14, 2003

CELEBRATION OF THE 60th ANNIVERSARY

OF RACHMANINOFF’S DEATH

Gala Concert




Staatskapelle Berlin



Berlin, Philharmonie

Wednesday, October 29, 2003

RACHMANINOFF GALA CONCERT

Pianoconcerto nr. 2 in C minor, op. 18


Symphonic Dances, op. 45

St. Petersburg Philharmonic


Nikolai Demidenko, piano

Chicago, Highland Park (Pavilion)

Ravinia Festival

Friday, July 9, 2004


Gipsy Capriccio, op. 12




Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Essen, Philharmonie

Friday, October 22, 2004





Bochumer Symphoniker

Steven Sloane, conductor

Bruno Leonardo Gelber, piano

Essen, Philharmonie



“Vocalise“, op. 34

Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op. 43



Bochumer Symphoniker

Dmitrij Kitajenko, conductor


Budapest, Academy of Music

January 20 & 21, 2005


Symphony nr. 3 in A minor, op. 44



Matáv Hungarian Symphony Orchestra

András Ligeti, conductor

Olga Kern, piano

Berlin, Konzerthaus

April 14, 15 & 16, 2005


Piano concerto nr. 4 in G minor, op. 40


"Francesca da Rimini", op. 25

(in concert version)

Berliner Symphoniker

Eliahu Inbal, conductor

Alexander Ghindin, piano

Paris, Théâtre des Champs Elysées

Sunday, November 20, 2005


Vocalise, op. 34



Symphonic Dances, op 45

St Peterburg Philharmonic Orchestra


Denis Matsuev, piano

Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica

Santa Cecilia Hall

December 10, 12 & 13, 2005




Symphonic

Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale

di Santa Cecilia

Yuri Termirkanov, conductor

Nicolay Demidenko, piano

Paris, Salle Pleyel

Friday, November 24, 2006


Pianoconcerto nr. 1 in F-sharp, op. 1


Aleko (in concert version)

Orchestre Philharmonique

de Radio France

Choeur de Radio France

Vladimir Fedosseyev, conductor



Santa Cecilia Hall

January 20, 22 & 23, 2007




di Santa Cecilia

Antonio Pappano, conductor

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Vienna, Musikverein - Great Hall

Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien

Saturday, March 3, 2007




di Santa Cecilia


Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Stuttgart, Philharmonie

Gustav-Siegle-Haus

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

THE SERGE RACHMANINOFF

AWARD CEREMONY

“Alexander Rachmaninoffis pleased to offer the

SERGE RACHMANINOFF FOUNDATION 2006AWARD

for the project “Rachmaninoff!Die Grosse Reihe”

and for the outstandingcontribution to the

promotion of the lesser-knownorchestral works

by Serge Rachmaninoffduring the season 2005/06 to the

Stuttgarter Philharmoniker

and

Gabriel Feltz, Chief Conductor

Manchester, Bridgewater Hall

Saturday, May 12, 2007




"Francesca da Rimini"

op.25 (in concert version)

BBC Philharmonc

BBC Singers

Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Svetla Vassileva

Mikhail Dydyk

Sergey Murzaev

vocalists

Milano, Teatro alla Scala

Sunday, June 10, 2007


The Rock, op. 7

Pianoconcerto Nr. 3 in D minor, op. 30



Filarmonica della Scala

Lorin Maazel, conductor


Amsterdam, Concertgebouw

Thursday, July 3, 2007


Vocalise, op. 34




Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

Tugan Sokhiev, conductor


Southbank Centre, Queen Elisabeth Hall

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

THE UNKNOWN RACHMANINOFF

Pianoconcerto nr. 1 in F-sharp, op. 1


Fugue in D minor (1891)

WORLD PREMIERE!Suite in D minor arr. for piano (1891)

WORLD PREMIERE!Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, op.36

(revised 1931 version)


with the participation of the

Russian National Orchestra

Dmitry Liss, conductorIn association with

Sony BMG - Boosey & Hawkes

with the support of

Manchester, BBC Broadcasting House

Studio 7

February 1 - 3, 2008

RACHMANINOFF EVENT

A Rebirth of the Symphony nr. 1, op. 13

“The Recording”

Produced and distributed by

Chandos Records

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra


In association with

Compagnia per la Musica in Roma

Stockholm, Berwaldhallen

February 15 & 16, 2008

RACHMANINOFF GALA CONCERTS

Russian Folk Songs, op. 41 (nr. 1 & 3)



“The Bells”, op. 35

Swedish Radio Orchestra

Swedish Radio Choirs

Yukka Pekka Saraste, conductor

Tatiana Pavlovskaya

Evgheny Akimov

Vladimir Vaneev

vocalists

Helsinki, Finlandia Hall

Thursday, February 28, 2008






Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra



Tatiana Pavlovskaya

Evgheny Akimov

Vladimir Vaneev

vocalists

Oslo, Kunserthus

March 6 & 7, 2008






Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra



Tatiana Pavlovskaya

Evgheny Akimov

Vladimir Vaneev

vocalists


Santa Cecilia Hall

April 5, 7 & 8, 2008


Pianoconcerto Nr. 3 in D minor, op. 30




di Santa Cecilia

André Previn, conductor

Arkadi Volodos, piano

Highland Park, Ravinia Festival - Pavilion



Vocalise, op. 34







Highland Park, Ravinia Festival

Martin Theatre


THE UNKNOWN RACHMANINOFF


US PREMIERE!Suite in D minor arr. for piano (1891)

US PREMIERE!Piano Sonata nr. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36

(revised 1931 version)

Etudes-tableaux, op. 39 nr.2 in A minor

Etudes-tableaux, op. 39 nr. 6 in A minor

Etudes-tableaux, op. 39 nr. 9 in D

Prelude in G minor, op. 23 nr. 5

Prelude in G sharp minor, op. 32 nr. 12


London, Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms

August 11, 2008

RACHMANINOFF GALA EVENT


“The Concert”



In association with


London, Barbican Centre - Great Hall

Saturday, September 20, 2008

RACHMANINOFF GALA FESTIVAL (I)

Symphony nr. 1, op. 13


“The Bells” op. 35

London Symphony Orchestra


London, Barbican Centre - Great Hall

Sunday, September 21, 2008

RACHMANINOFF GALA FESTIVAL (II)




London Symphony Orchestra


Alexander Volodin, piano

Geneva, Victoria Hall

Saturday, October 4, 2008


“Le Rocher”, op. 7

Pianoconcerto nr. 2, op. 18



Orchestre National de Lyon

Yuri Simonov, conductor


with the support of

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

November 10 to 17, 2008

RACHMANINOFF EVENT


“The EU Tour”



In association with


Paris, Salle Pleyel

Friday, November 21, 2008

RACHMANINOFF EVENT


FRANCE PREMIERE!Suite in D minor arr. for piano (1891)

FRANCE PREMIERE!

Piano Sonata nr. 2 in B flat minor,

Op. 36 (revised 1931 version)


Pianoconcerto in E minor

(arr. Alexander Warenberg)

WORLD PREMIERE

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Vladimir Spivakov, conductor


New York, Lincoln Centre - Avery Fisher Hall

Saturday, February 28, 2009

RACHMANINOFF CONCERT





London Philharmonic Orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Alexey Ljubimov, piano

Pittsburgh, Heinz Hall

The Pittsburgh Symphony Society

April 3 to 18, 2009

THE SERGE RACHMANINOFF EXPERIENCE

featuring

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh

The Torazde Piano Studio

Gianandrea Noseda

and Leonard Slatkin, conductors

Denis Matsuev

and Alexander Toradze, piano

Betsy Burleigh, chorus master

Tony Palmer, film director

ConceptJoseph Horowitz

Chicago, WFMT Studio

July 7 & 8, 2009

SERGE RACHMANINOFF RECORDING

Piano Sonata nr. 1 in D minor, op. 28

Sean Botkin

piano

Stresa, Stresa Festival

Palazzo dei Congressi






BBC Philharmonic

Chorus Teatro Regio Torino


Sergey Murzaev

Svetla Vassileva

Evgheny Akimov

Gennady Bezzubenkov

Nadezhda Vassilieva

vocalists

Torino, Auditorium “Arturo Toscanini“

della RAI

September 6 & 7, 2009

Aleko (the recording)

BBC Philharmonic



Sergey Murzaev

Svetla Vassileva

Evgheny Akimov

Gennady Bezzubenkov

Nadezhda Vassilieva

vocalists

In association with

Torino, Auditorium “A. Toscanini“

della RAI

Festival MiTo

Monday, September 7, 2009





BBC Philharmonic



Sergey Murzaev

Svetla Vassileva

Evgheny Akimov

Gennady Bezzubenkov

Nadezhda Vassilieva

vocalists

Geneva, Victoria Hall

November 18 & 19, 2009





Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Edo de Waart, conductor

Alexey Volodin

piano


Santa Cecilia Hall

December 19, 21 & 22, 2009


The Bells, op. 35




di Santa Cecilia


Olga Guryakova

Evgheny Akimov

Albert Dohmen

vocalists

Salzburg, Grosses Festspielhaus

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

RACHMANINOFF GALA CONCERT (I)

Piano concerto nr. 2 in C minor, op. 18





Denis Matsuev

piano

Salzburg, Grosses Festspielhaus

Friday, February 12, 2010

RACHMANINOFF GALA CONCERT (II)

Piano concerto nr. 3 in D minor, op. 30





Denis Matsuev

piano

Chicago, WFMT Radio Network

February 2010

SERGE RACHMANINOFF

COMPOSER OF THE MONTH

featuring

Chicago Symphony Orchestra & others

Gianandrea Noseda, conductor & others

Alexander Torazde

& the Toradze Piano Studio

including the radio documentary

“Serge Rachmaninoff: the Path to Eternity”

by Jon Tolansky

with the participation of

Alexander Rachmaninoff


Thursday, April 8, 2010


Vesna (The Spring), op. 20

Pianoconcerto nr 4, op. 40


The Bells, choral symphony, op. 35

Orchestre National de France

Choeurs de Radio France

Chorus Master : Michaël Gläser


Boris Berezovsky, piano

Dina Kuznetsova

Kostyantyn Andreyev

Alexeï Tanovitsky

vocalists

Lyon, Auditorium Maurice Ravel

April 29 & 30, 2010


Vocalise




Orchestre National de Lyon


Olga Kern

piano

London, Royal Festival Hall

Friday, May 28, 2010


Variations sur un thème de Corelli

(arr. Dumbraveanu)





Neeme Järvi, conductor

Alexey Ljubimov, piano

Verbier, Verbier Festival (Eglise)

Sunday, July 25, 2010



Nikolay Lugansky, piano

Including a public conversation with


Highland Park, Ravinia Festival (Pavillon)

Wednesday, July 28, 2010






James Conlon, conductor



Martin Theatre

Monday, August 26, 2010

SERGE RACHMANINOFF EVENT

The Two Pianos Music

Two pieces for piano (six hands)

Russian Rhapsody (two hands)

Suite nr. 1, op. 5


Suite nr. 2, op. 17

Symphonic Dances (Two pianos version)

featuring

Misha Dichter

Cipa Dichter

Welz Kauffman

Josephine Lee

Marta Aznavoorian

Edisher Savitski

Vakhtang Kodanashvili

piano

Sion, Festival de Sion - Eglise des Jesuites

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Genève, Bâtiment des Forces Motrices (*)


Toulouse, Festival Piano aux Jacobins


The revamping of the Sonata nr. 1

Selected preludes, op. 23 & 32

Sonata nr. 1 in D minor, op. 28

Trio Elégiaque, op. 9 (*)

Sean Botkin, piano

(*) Musicians of theOrchestre de la Suisse Romande



RACHMANINOFF FESTIVAL (I)

Vocalise




Philharmonia Orchestra




Saturday, October 23, 2010

RACHMANINOFF FESTIVAL (II)


Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini op. 43





Andrey Korobeinikov, piano


Sunday, October 24, 2010

RACHMANINOFF FESTIVAL (III)







Moscow, Great Philharmonic Hall

Thursday, October 28, 2010

HOMAGE TO SERGE RACHMANINOFF (I)




Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra


Moscow, Great Philharmonic Hall


HOMAGE TO SERGE RACHMANINOFF (II)




Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra



St. Petersburg, Mariinsky Concert Hall

Monday, November 1, 2010

HOMAGE TO SERGE RACHMANINOFF








Santa Cecilia Hall

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

December 4, 6 & 7, 2010




Piano concerto n° 3 in D minor, op. 30


di Santa Cecilia

Diego Mateuz, conductor

Alexander Romanovsky, piano

Lugano, Argerich Festival

Auditorium della RSI

Friday, June 17, 2011




Trio Elégiaque, op. 9

Denis Kozhukhin, piano

Renaud Capuçon, violin

Yan Levionnois, cello

Highland Park, Ravinia Festival – Pavillon



Vesna, cantata



The Bells, op. 35


James Conlon, conductor


Kara Shay Thomson

Rodrick Dixon

Vasily Ladyuk

vocalists


Bennett Gordon Hall

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

RACHMANINOFF GALA RECITAL

Prélude en Do # mineur, op. 3 nr. 2

7 Préludes, op. 23

3 Préludes, op. 32

Moment musical, op. 16 nr. 4


Tchaikovsky – Rachmaninoff:

Lullaby, op. 16 nr. 1

Kreisler – Rachmaninoff: Liebesleid

Kreisler – Rachmaninoff: Liebesfreud

Vocalise, op. 34 nr. 14

Sonate nr. 2, op. 36

Dmitry Mayboroda, piano

Stresa, Stresa Festival – Isola Bella







Pavel Berman, violin

Enrico Dindo, cello

Toulouse, Festival Piano aux Jacobins

Eglise St. Pierre

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

RACHMANINOFF GALA RECITAL


7 Préludes op. 23

3 Préludes op. 32




Lullaby, op. 16 nr. 1






Paris, Salle Pleyel

October 19 & 20, 2011


Two Dances from “Aleko”




Orchestre de Paris

Paavo Järvi, conductor

Jorge Luis Pratt, piano

Zurich, Tonhalle

Wednesday, October 26, 2011








Helsinki, Music Hall

November 18 & 19, 2011


Caprice bohémien, op. 12

Piano concerto nr. 1 in F Sharp minor, op. 1



Helsinki Philharmonic

Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor


Rome, Auditorium - Santa Cecilia Hall

December 22 & 23, 2011






di Santa Cecilia

Daniele Rustioni, conductor


Lausanne, Casino de Montbenon

Salle Paderewski (*)

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Neuchatel, Salle du Temple (*)

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Rome, Auditorium – Sala Sinopoli (**)

Friday, January 27, 2012

THE REVAMPING OF THE SONATA nr. 1

(Part. II)

Sonata nr. 1 in D minor, op. 28



Pavel Berman, Violin

Yan Lévionnois, cello (*)

Enrico Dindo, cello (**)

Cagliari, Teatro Lirico

February 10 & 11, 2012

THE REVAMPING OF THE

PIANO CONCERTO nr. 4, op. 40

Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari

Daniele Rustioni, conductor

Sean Botkin, piano

London, Royal Festival Hall

February 14 & 17, 2012







Boris Giltburg, piano

Chicago, WFMT Radio Networkin association with

Indiana University South Bend

April 2012

THE RARE PIANO WORKS

Piano Sonata nr. 1, op. 28

Chopin variations

Corelli variations

Members of the

Toradze Piano Studio

with the participation of

Alexander Toradze

Joseph Horowitz


Monday, May 7, 2012


Franceschini – “Ya, sam” (2012)





Coro di Voci Bianche del Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Battistoni, conductor


Kazan, Great Philharmonic Hall

May 24 – June 2, 2012

WHITE LILACS FESTIVAL

Piano concerti nr. 1, 3 & 4


Symphonies nr. 1 & 2

Symphonic Dances

The Isle of the Dead

Tatarstan State Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Sladkovsky

Daniele Rustioni

conductors

Sean Botkin

Nikolai Lugansky

Dmitry Mayboroda

piano

Highland Park, Ravinia Festival (Pavillon)

Thursday, August 2, 2012


Vocalise

Piano concerto nr. 4 in G minor, op. 40





Sean Botkin, piano

Nicole Cabell, vocalist


Martin Theatre

Wednesday, August 29, 2012


Selection from Preludes, op. 23 & 32



Sean Botkin, piano

Weggis, Stella Matutina

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Lausanne, Casino de Montbenon

Salle Paderewski

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Geneva, Great Conservatory Hall

Monday, October 1, 2012

RACHMANINOFF RECITALS


7 Préludes, op. 23

3 Préludes, op. 32




Lullaby op. 16 nr. 1






Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts

December 6 & 7, 2012


Caprice bohémien




Orchestre National de Belgique


Denis Kozhukhin, piano

Philadelphia, Kimmel Centre (Verizon Hall)

December 6, 7 & 8, 2012





The Philadelphia Orchestra



Alexander Rachmaninoff’s last portrait (photo by Daniele Lupini)

When Alexander Rachmaninoff died – on November 1, 2012 – theprogramme of the so called “Jubilee Season” was ready: his idea wasto present Rachmaninoff’s works to the audiences of most of the Eu-ropean capitals and to reinforce the partnership with the institutions,which have been helping the Foundation to accomplish his mission.The London Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, the Filarmonicadella Scala, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Ravinia Festivaland the Orchestre National de Belgique are therefore an importantpart of the season. But also new relationships, such as the LucerneSymphony Orchestra – finally a partner in Lucerne – and the WienerKonzerthaus are playing a pivotal role, as partners and venues thatAlexander has dreamed for a long time to add to the “roster” of theFoundation. He was looking forward enormously to this season,which has been dedicated to him as the last homage to his activity.Together with performances of the most celebrated works, someamazing discoveries: the Symphony nr. 1 has been heard for the firsttime at Teatro alla Scala (and possibly even in Milan itself) thanks tothe devotion of the conductor Gianandrea Noseda and the Isle of theDead made the first appearance in the repertoire of the Orchestre dela Suisse Romande. But the best news that Alexander would haveloved to hear, is that thanks to his encouragement one of the histori-cal German orchestras, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, will start a Ra-chmaninoff Cycle, which will include the performance (and therecording) of the Symphony nr. 1 under the baton of his Music Di-rector Riccardo Chailly. Another strong sign that the music of SergeRachmaninoff in his whole “is here to stay”.

III. The Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation

The Serge Rachmaninoff Jubilee Year

(2013)

Madrid, Auditorium Nacional

Thursday, February 14, 2013

THE SERGE RACHMANINOFF JUBILEE YEAR

dedicated to the memoryof Alexander Rachmaninoff





Mikhail Agrest, conductor

Simon Trpchesky, piano

London, Royal Festival Hal

Friday, February 15, 2013







Mikhail Agrest, conductor

Simon Trpchesky, piano

with a pre-concert event featuring

Dmitry Mayboroda, pianoGeoffrey Norris, speaker

Lausanne, Salle Metropole

Sunday, February 17, 2013




Orchestre de Chambre de Lausannewith the musicians of the

Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne

Jesus Lopez Coboz, conductor


11 – 17 March 2013



“RISCOPRIRE RACHMANINOFF”

Including

Two piano music & Trio Elegiaque

Piano Sonata nr. 1

“The Harvest of Sorrow” (Film)





Khatya Bunyatishvili

Sean Botkin

Vakhtang Kodanashvili

Nikita Abrosimov

Edisher Savitski

piano

With the participation of

Tony Palmer

Geoffrey Norris

Paris, Salle Pleyel

March 27 & 28, 2013



Caprice bohémien




Orchestre de Paris

Paavo Järvi, conductor

Jorge Luis Pratt, piano

Moscow, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall

April 1 & 2, 2013

THE SERGE RACHMANINOFF JUBILEE YEARdedicated to the memory

of Alexander Rachmaninoff


Piano Concerto nr. 2, op. 18

Piano Concerto nr. 3, op. 30

Paganini Rhapsody, op. 43


State Symphony Orchestra of Russia



Geneve, Victoria Hall

May 14 – June 1, 2013



CYCLE RACHMANINOFF

All the piano concertos

Vocalise


(OSR PREMIERE)

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande


Alexander Gavrilyuk, piano

As his grandfather Sergei, AlexanderRachmaninoff has been deeply bondedwith the Lucerne Lake and his land.Since the very beginning of the Founda-tion’s activity, his aim was to collabo-rate with the city of Lucerne and its hall,in particular after the opening of themagnificent KKL.

This is the opportunity to express ourthanks to the Lucerne Symphony Or-chestra and his Intendant - now ourBoard Member - for the wonderful col-laboration.

The poster of the “Zaubersee Festival2013” is the best visual homage to SergeRachmaninoff and his discrete influenceon the cultural life of the territory. Ale-xander would surely have loved it.

The Poster of the Zaubersee Festival 2013

Lucerne, KKL

Sunday, May 26, 2013


dedicated to the memory ofAlexander Rachmaninoff

“Hommage à Rachmaninoff”

Final Gala Concert of the Zaubersee festival




Lucerne Symphony Orchestra



Lucerne, KKL

June 12 & 13, 2013






The Bells op. 35

Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

Latvian State Chorus

James Gaffigan, conductor

Boris Berezovsky, piano

Elena Tsallagova

Maksim Aksenov

Alexey Tanovitsky

vocalists

At the and of the concerta special performance of

“The Vespers” with theLATVIAN STATE CHORUS

took place at the Jesuitenkirche, Lucernededicated to the memory of



Trinity Church

June 18 & 19, 2013



The Vespers, op. 37

The Singers

Matthew Culloton, conductor

These two performance were dedicated to


by the Ravinia Festival

Kiev, Great Philharmonic Hall




The Rock, op. 7

Piano concerto nr. 1 in F Sharp minor, op. 1




National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Vladimir Sirenko, conductor

Daniil Kharitonov

Dmitry Mayboroda

piano

Rome, Auditorium – Sala Santa Cecilia

October 8 & 10, 2013



THE PIANO CONCERTOS


di Santa Cecilia

Alexander Sladkovsky, conductor

Dmitry Mayboroda

Giuseppe Albanese

Maria Elisa Vaccatello

Sean Botkin

Nikolay Lugansky

piano

Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts

November 8 & 10, 2013



THE PIANO CONCERTOS

Orchestre National de Belgique

Andrey Boreyko, conductor

Dmitry Mayboroda

Denis Kozhukhin& the participation of

Denis Matsuev

piano

Vienna – Konzerthaus

Monday, November 18, 2013







Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor


Serge Rachmaninoff

The Works by Serge Rachmaninoff are published by

Aldwych House, 71-91 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4HN, UK

www.boosey.com

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WORKSPUBLISHED BY BOOSEY & HAWKES

Fugue in D minor (1891) - for piano solo

Prince Rostislav (1891) 13’Symphonic Poem for large orchestra for orchestra

Suite in D minor (1891) - version for piano solo

Piano Concerto nr. 1 in F sharp minor op. 1 (1891, rev.1917) 26’for piano and orchestra

Morceaux de salon op. 2 (1891-92?) 8’ - for cello and piano

Aleko (1892) 56’ - Opera in one act

Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3 (1892) 20’ - for piano solo

6 Songs op. 4 (1890-93) - for voice and piano

Fantaisie (Tableaux) Suite nr. 1 op. 5 (1893) 23’ - for two pianos

Morceaux de salon op. 6 (1893) - for violin and piano

6 Songs op. 8 (1893) - for voice and piano

Romance op. 8 nr. 2 (1894) - for piano solo

Trio élegiaque op. 9 (1893 rev.1907) 45’- for piano, violin and cello

Morceaux de salon op. 10 (1893-94) 28’ - for piano solo

6 Morceaux op. 11 (1894) 26’ - for piano duet

Caprice bohémien op. 12 (1892-94) 20’ - for orchestra

Caprice bohemien op. 12 (1892) 20’arranged for piano duet by the composer

Symphony nr. 1 in D minor op. 13 (1895) 45’ - for orchestra

12 Songs op. 14 (1894/96) - for voice and piano

Spring Waters op. 14 nr. 11 (1896) 5’Arranged for orchestra by the composer

6 Moments Musicaux op. 16 (1896) - for piano

Suite nr. 2 op. 17 (1900-01) 24’ - for piano duo

Piano Concerto nr. 2 in C minor op. 18 (1900-01) 34’

Cello Sonata in G minor op. 19 (1901) 34’ - for cello and piano

Spring op. 20 (1902) 17’Cantata for baritone solo, chorus, and orchestra

12 Songs op. 21 (1900/02) - for voice and piano

Variations on a theme of Chopin op. 22 (1902-03) 27’ for piano solo

Ten Preludes op. 23 (1901/03) - for piano

Pantelei the Healer (1901) 4’ Cantata for unaccompanied mixed chorus

The Miserly Knight op. 24 (1903-5) 60’ - Opera in three scenes

Francesca da Rimini op. 25 (1900-05) 67’Opera in two scenes with prologue and epilogue


Symphony nr. 2 in E minor op. 27 (1906-08) 55’ - for orchestra

Symphony nr. 2 in E minorop. 27 (1906-08) 55’arranged for piano duet

Piano Sonata nr. 1 in D minor op. 28 (1907) 33’ - for piano

Letter to KS Stanislavsky from SR (1908) - for bass and piano

The Isle of the Dead op. 29 (1909) 19’ - for orchestra

Piano Concerto nr. 3 in D minor op. 30 (1909) 40’for piano and orchestra

The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom op. 31 (1910) 50’for SATB a cappella

Thirteen Preludes op. 32 (1910) 42’ - for piano

8 Etudes-Tableaux op. 33 (1911) 21’ - for piano solo

Polka de WR (1911) 3’ - for piano solo


Vocalise op. 34 nr. 14 (1912, rev.1915) 4’ - for high voice and piano

Vocalise op. 34 nr. 14 (1912, rev.1915) 4’arranged for orchestra by the composer (1919)

Vocaliseop. 34 nr. 14 (1912,rev.1915) 4’ - for soprano and orchestra

The Bells op. 35 (1913) 35’for soprano, tenor, and bass soloists, chorus, and orchestra

Piano Sonata nr. 2 in B minor op. 36 (1913, rev.1931) 27’ - for piano

All-night Vigil (Vespers) op. 37 (1915) 60’ - for SATB a cappella


9 Etudes-tableaux op. 39 (1916-17) 36’ - for piano solo

Piano Concerto nr. 4 op. 40 (original version) (1926) 31’for piano and orchestra

Piano Concerto nr. 4 op. 40 (revised version) (1926, rev.1941) 26’for piano and orchestra

Piano Concerto nr. 4 op. 40(original version, reduction for 2 pianos) (1926) 31’

Trois chansons russes(Three Russian Songs) op. 41 (1926) 14’ for choir and orchestra

Variations on a Theme of Corelli op. 42 (1931) 20’ - for piano solo

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43 (1934) 24’for piano and orchestra

Symphony nr. 3 in A minor op. 44 (1935-38) 42’ - for orchestra

Symphonic Dances op. 45 (1940) 37’ - for orchestra

Symphonic Dances arr. 2 pianos) op. 45 (1940) 37’ - for two pianos

Edited by Ettore F. Volontieri

Design by Pier Paolo Scalera

November 2013

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